Telegram-herald., 1887-08-28


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bzoz6sr streets. Gnsr p4rks. gFszSsf Essi-
1e1ess e. alszs sap-ng saziaszs ssoeks
tbaa Dsuost. tFsEytbsns IS 81 sid. gsaa-
i,ss mssal, having al ol1 go.a esssE sna
rag ssoat i. and neIhins tczes " plstse.
Ths Lstlo.t rssf lgse.f ~%s .hs making
q : great city, tas same a. Tie kesa sstsfs
Of LAks Aiehisaa fosa1sd Caiezgo.
We mss tkat 9ndoee1ea phiioScgher,
gehn Hefr0a. At lie 0riswold H0ass.
skieh ~ ths ssy. - the hostslrAs. and
be gave Us msoy incidents Of Detrost's
xTowth ss vel Is sketches Of Der wealth.
teaasy s1d wosders sat We mass reserve
tas lsssls u Hash u tAe cciumas q dis
dnctigs article Aud thns We kasb2nd
sonle skstches and notes CT tbs DsiFcit
nesspApermsn and politicians. prominently
including the Right Roysl b0n u. Dickin-
son. with whoal. gfor the nrst time We
shook hands-embarr2ssingiy.
But Ne are al Aaekinsw now. and must
stop looking over the shoulder. nu sss
! grand and intoxicating. igurativeiy speak
ing that ste4nling .roekarsy voyage up Lake
Huron; Il the waves rolled = little higher
than usual and the sun persisted IN hiding
behind unprodnetiye clouds; II the coast
views were misty and unimpressiye-whs
OF is air Yea and have many times
rocked In the cradles Of the desp"-let US
/ hope not three sheets in the wind, or
/ half the seas over. But there ) an awful
mystery and fascination about the Wild
waves when they talk 10 us, and
/ little DOmbey is not the only
| pilgrim who has wondered what
they were saying. Our own conviction
Is that genuine ocean voyage. especially
the awe-inspiring racket Of q storm, would
make more converts than are turned out at
Bay View camping ground. Even the
adamantine writer thought be felt few
pious quslms oil Point Aux Parques. but.
unfortunately. il materialized into a mild
| form OF ssa-sickness, which was promptly
| exercised by an unorthodox cocktail; while
| all on board were metamorphosed into salt
water sea captains; (or the sons of them),
after we plowcd out from Alpena, and
lifted our somhrsros to the Thunder Bay
Islands.
What of the Straits of Mackinaw-some-
thing new and unwritten2 Why, we more
than covered the ground in that little book,
"Petoskey; or. the Half-Breeds Of Bois
Blanc" Even our hero, "Algomah." was
at the dock waiting for Us. and one hour
after we were cordially ssluting each other
at Planks excellent refreshment counter.
But everybody sees the Northern
pleasure resorts with different eyes. Ours
not to tell of the hotels, or the dignitaries
lettering at them; nor yet of the aristocratic
and bewitching belles-buttertiy refugees
from the great city. We care not for SEN
ators or lawyers. bankers or barons, but
for what God mas directly made and
put on exhibition, hithsrward and for the
Upper Peninsula. Who cares for the
bucks" and ''bloods," and the proud Misses
McBrides up here? Nature furnishes dis
play that is nobler and higher than empty
titles. gold watch-fobs, silken petticoats and
padded stockings. Who cares for broad
cloth, pearls and false curls? Give us,
rather, the cold blue waters. rushing down
from Lake Michigan stray Indian up the
beach in his pole wigwam; the bracing wild
woods air, and a ramble among the rocks.
Two-thirds of the excursionists come up
North to show themselves. If they hunt
health, il is done mechanically and FOR
effect. Even the bathing costumes are
| o>olo tbat vra,- r-bsla rop,DsD0 partios ero
imitation parades from the Bowery or
Broadway. A couple of Chicago ladies
strut by as we write, and they are little
short of human wssps. An extra pull on
the corset ought TO classify such creatures
as insectivorous.
A popular health resort ought to be dis
tinguished for its Kentucky jean coats and
calico dresses. There is something
stalwart and buxom in such Tobes-s
rustic, Democratic freedom; but steel stay:
are prison bars, and gripping high-heeled
shoes are still for idiots.
What jolly times the ancients must have
bad about these straits-yea, and the regu
lation Indians, such rs T. Cooper. Eco.
turned loose upon American literature.
And, by the way. did you know that the
guide books are proverbially wrong IN
their history They are fagrantiy so as ts
the original explorers and nsvigators o
Michigan and the Upper Lakes generally
Frenchmen navigated these waters, anc
even sailed up the Superior and crosses
through the wilderness and aosted dowr
, the Mississippi 70 the Mexican Gulf fits
: years prior TO the dates chronicled by thes,
/ instructors of the tourists. See any stand
ard cyclopedia on history.
Geology, however. goes back farther thar
all this. It tells how a vast inland ocesr
. one. occupied this whole lake region, will
! both of our peninsulas largely beneath it
] High lands and rocky peaks appeared her
and there as islands in this fresh waite
sea, but Michigan. my Michigan" wa
farther beneath cold water than ever tn
ProhiDitionists would sink il.
, The foods did not then have to meande
r | around through the Straits of Msckipsu
bat Superior. Michigan snd Huron slept il
the same bed together; sud then it VAS th
very soil ve cultivate settled and forms,
, | Of the bottom.
, Probably our ancestors chAttered in th
= trees during the drift period.
: And nov. al bail for the gold fsld O
Ishpemingi
FsRwFz REvSoLss.
An ugly complexion made Nellie a fright
2 Her face vas al pimpiy and red.
/. / Thouzh her features eere good, and he